Project Management Tutorial - Outlining a strategy Flashcards
Organizational skills
noun
The ability to use your time, energy & resources in an effective way
* Her organizational skills are simply amazing.
* I need to work on improving my organizational skills.
Off-kilter
adjective
Not usual or expected
* His off-kilter remark really surprised everyone.
* The economy and exchange rate is off-kilter at the moment.
Take
noun
An opinion about something
* So what is your take on all this?
* I liked his take on the matter.
Flesh something out
phrasal verb
To make something more complete by adding details
* I still need to flesh out this presentation.
* You should flesh out your plan a little more.
Deliverables
noun
Things that need to be completed as part of a project
* Our deliverables need to be completed next week.
* We have submitted our deliverables.
Project scope
noun
A part of project planning that involves creating a list of goals, costs and deadlines
* We have finished setting up everything in our project scope.
* This project scope is quite complicated to achieve.
“In hand”
phrase
To have something ready for use when required
* We have all the relevant info in hand.
* They have enough cash in hand to handle an emergency.
“While you’re at it”
phrase
Used for telling someone to do something while they are doing something else
* Please clean the kitchen and while you’re at it, see if we have enough garbage bags.
* Please send this letter for me and while you’re at it, get us some more stamps.
Spell something out
phrasal verb
To explain something in a clear and simple way
* Do I need to spell this out for you?!
* Management has clearly spelled out what is expected of us.
Pull the plug
idiom
To prevent something from happening or continuing
* Unfortunately they have pulled the plug on this project.
* We might need to pull the plug on this deal.
Quantifiable
adjective
Able to be measured
* Luckily these results are easily quantifiable.
* We need a goal that is quantifiable.
Boil down to
idiom
… is the main part / reason of something
* Everything we’ve worked on boils down to this.
* Our issues all boil down to one thing - bad leadership.